In the Star Trek universe, USS Reliant was a Miranda-class starship that
was developed prior to the timeframe of the first movies that starred
the Star Trek original class. The key feature for this are the warp
engine nacelles that are of the same generation as the refit USS
Enterprise. The USS Reliant's one and only appearance was in Star Trek
II: Wrath of Khan, but other members of the Miranda class have appeared
in Star Trek: Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek IV:
Voyage Home, and Star Trek: First Contact. Some of these Miranda-class,
like the Reliant, have the 'roll bar' above the rear of the main hull,
while others do not. Some have outrigger pods off the rear main hull,
while others have distinctive modifications to various subsystems such
as the impulse engines.
ERTL first released the USS Reliant kit in 1995 and was produced in the
same scale as their USS Enterprise. You'll see the scale for these kits
range between 1/537 and 1/650, but they refer to the same tooling. This
kit is molded in white styrene and presented in five parts trees plus
the upper and lower main hull halves, plus one tree of clear parts and
one small tree of clear red parts.
The kit is a very simple build though the only options for display are
to either hang up the model or let it sit on the warp nacelles. Because
of the starship's layout, the completed model will sit on its nose on
the shelf because of the forward center of gravity. The instructions
advise to add 15 grams of ballast at the rear of each engine nacelle to
allow it to sit level on the shelf.
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